Healthcare cost expenditures associated to frailty and sarcopenia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Frailty and sarcopenia have been related with adverse events, including hospitalization. However, its combined effect with hospitalization-related outcomes, including costs, has not been previously investigated. Our purpose was to explore how frailty, sarcopenia and its interaction could impact on healthcare expenditures.

Methods

1358 community-dwelling older adults from the Toledo Study of Healthy Ageing (TSHA) were included. Sarcopenia was measured using the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health criteria fitted to our cohort. Frailty was defined according to Frailty Trait Scale 5 (FTS5) and the Frailty Index fitted to the cut-off points of TSHA population. Hospitalization costs were taken from hospital records and costs were attributed according to Di

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Bustos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9469617 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature